Check-notching



May 29, 1923.

- 1,457,231 w. c. sco'rr CHECK NOTCHING DEVICE Filed Feb. 21, 1922Patented May 29,. 1923.

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WALTER C. SCOTT., 'or PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVNIA,fAsSIeNoR-ToGraoPEgTc-KET COMPANY, F PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIafA CORPORATION or"PnNNsY'n, j'

'VANIL Be it known that I', WALTER (SCOTT, a citizen of l,the UnitedStates, residing at and State of Pennsylvania, hai/"e jinvented new anduseful' r'ip'rovem'ents fin ACheck- Not'ching` Devices, ofl which thefollowing` is la specification.

mente in check notchivngwdevices, :and it is more arti'cularly1applicable. to V those of Lthe general type embodying a Holder adaptedtoV holda pad-or pack ofvrestaura'nt or similar checks anda "device fornotching and thereby markingya. check'detached from thefpack toindicatethe amoint efy a purchase o'r the amount to be paid bythepurchaser totheucashieir. l j u 'Theinve'ntion is especiallyapplicable-.to check notching devices of the same general clas jas thatShoyvnfafnd described in Letters Patent No.- 1,229,1Y6,fgranted June 5,1917, ywherein the not/ching device comprises Substantially katongue'jvhich is jliXed relatively to a base plate lor snp'p'ort andforms a space between yit Iand the vbase"plate to feceive an @che f a@helene meer being: notched andther'eby marked by .pulling the checklaterally :awayv from thebafee plate and past or overthe notchingtongue.

The primary object of the inventionis to provide means for grippingoro'th'erwiee holding the edge Vof the. check in proper position againstthe notching t'ongilexdn'rving the notchingoperation,| therebyfacilitating thenotchingoperation yandhal'soA ins'nringf ntchir'ig'y o'fthe check at the selected point edge', by preventing';r 'shiftin of thecheck dni-ing or incident tov the notch ing operation. ,y i Y l Tol'iese and 'other ends; the invention' consists'y in certainimprovements' nd'fcoihbinations and arrangements'of parte",A 'all alswill be hereinafter ymore `tllyl dej'cribed the 'featni'esofnovelty'fbeing pointedfout particularly inthe claims at the ed'ofthespeciation-` l i In the accompanying drawing Figure 1 1s V`a perjoectiyeview of' a coin# bined lchecli'h'older an'd'clieck notc'liidee vice, thesame being cstructedin accord-A aeewith 'the pfesem inventiem theman-'ner of inserting'` a chCktO be notched:y being interfered;

Philadelphia, in the County -f-Phneeiphia The 'presentl "ventionErelates tol impioyef body tenga@ te 'overnet-feudi, margipalf isprinted r'othhrwise" provi riotc'hing deyi'ce looking to'tvard y'thelower l 1 l modif'eafarmiof not'clinrg devrcealeofl'co ructedvinRaccordmaes'lhg morer ofthe marginal edges andwhichfe @g of th; hekand operative-@winden the Same 'adjacentj'to thenumeal orfanijo'iln't is'to @wie weer, @he,paewboveeferre' ,tid beine M11., eXenpl f 0ia'nelleek notch'lng deviceV to which the :present in;

or checks desigjnzitedj One'end' of! the ,f I y base-plate is'pmvidedwith afguiitagblehjideg the Cheek peek, the 'holen shewnv' as 9oeXamplel tliel present instance "being v l frmed [by'dotiingthe"lihe-fqfit e, y, 4 plate over thief 'Stub @ha of fhxpa" Check@ and; een needingfige-1afed@ @11,15 I

y effected ,by pulling the lower .edgev of the check forwardly or awayfrom the base plate. thus drawing they opposite edge of they checkengaged by the notching tongue against and vover the notching tongue,the

, sharp point and l side edges of the tongue acting to notch the part ofthe checlr which thek tongue engages. In order, however, to preventshifting of the check during or in,- cidental to the notching operation,and

, thereby insure notching of the check at precisely the point selected,means is provided according to the present invention for gripping orotherwiseholding the check in nonshiftingV relation to the notchingtongue Vafter, the check has been'V properlyp'ositioned with respect"thereto. Preferably and as shown in Figures l to 3 inclusive, thischeckgripping yorl holding device comprises a nin or stud 4 which is carriedon or near the free. end of a resilient lor movable 4arni 5 attached ataf suitable point preferably at its upperend, to the rear` side of thebase plate. The pinlor studk 4 is arranged to pass freely through anopening 6` formeel in the base plate op osite to the under or rear sideof the notc ing tongue 3. In the preferred construction, thenormalvtendency of the arm 5 is to retain the pin or stud 4 inretractedl position relatively to the notching tongue V3, as is shown inFigure 2', thus permitting unobstructed insertionl of the edge of thecheck to be notched; but when they check has been inserted and thenotching tongue overlies the exact portion thereof which is to benotched, pressure forwardly on the arm. 5 .will cause the pin or stud 4to engage the rear side of the check and to force `the check against therear side of the notching tongue, the edge of the check so y. engagedbeing thus gripped or clamped irnmovably against `the notching tongue,and hence the check will be held from slipping orshifting. relatively tothe notching tongue duringthe notching operation. When the i notchingoperation'has been performed, the

pinor stud will be retracted by the arm 5y andthe notchingdevice is thenin condition toreceive'another check. y

Figures 4 to 7 inclusive illustrate the in-I i vention as applied tonotching devices which.

differ vsomewhat from that shown in Fig-l ures l and?)4 inclusive. Invthe forni of notching device shownin Figures l to 3 inelusive, thenotching tongue 3 is formed by punching and doubling a tongue of metalfrom the base plate. In Figures 4 and 5', the notching tongue 3a isformed by punching and offsetting a part of the metal from the baseplate and providing a clearance' space T around the notching tongue 3 tofacilitate dropping of the punching vfrom beneath the notching tongue.The gripping or holding pin or stud 4a and its carrying and operating'arm 5a, however, are substantially the saine asthose shown in Figures 1to 3 inclusive, it'being unnecessary to provide a separate opening forlthe pin or stud as this pin or stud may work freely through the opening7. In the embodiment of the invention shown in Figures 6 and 7, thelower end of the base plate is onset, as at lb and the notching tongue3b is formedby aportion of the inetal which lis cut from the base plateand is a continuation thereof in the plane ofthe main portion of thebase plate, a space being thus formed between the notching tongue andthe relatively offset portion lb of the base plate to vreceive the edgeof the check to be notched., An opening 7 larger thanthe notching tongueis formed in therelatively offset portion l and adja# cent to thenotching tongue to provide a clearance to facilitate Ydropping of thepunching cut fromthe check'by the notching tongue, and the`pin or stud4b may operate freely through thisopening 7 to grip and hold the edge ofthe check immovably against the rear side of the notching tongue. Thispin 0r stud 4b and its carrying arm 5b Y may bev substantially similarto these parts shown inFigures l to 5 inclusive. In the notching devicesshown in Figures l to 5 inclusive, the part of the notching tongue whichconnectsit to the base plate constitutes alimit stop to gage the depthto which the check is to be inserted, while' inthe notching device shownin Figures 6' and?, the deflected portion lc which connects the offsetportion lb with the main portion of the base plate provides a limit stopto gage the depth to` which the check is to beinserted; In allinstances, the pin or stud, when pressed into engagement with the check,grips and clamps the same immovably against the rear side of theCnotching tongue and the pin 0r' Studis operated to perform Athisgripping and holding function by pressure ofthe finger against the rearside of the arm which carries the pin or stud, the arm being preferablywidened, substantially as shown, to adapt itfor-,this

purpose.

By mounting the grippin device at the rear side of the ase plate and inposition to be pressed forward by the lingers of the hand which` graspthe device, the proper insertion andnotching of each check is greatlyfacilitated, particularlyas `the check and notching tongue will bevisible ion ics

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and holding Y to the user while the check is being properly locatedrelatively to the notching tongue, and the necessary forward pressure onthe arm carrying the gripping pin or stud to bring the same intogripping or holding engagement with the check can be applied easily. Byso constructing the gripping or holding device that the pin or stud willbe automatically retracted from the notching tongue, the operation ofinserting a check to be notched is greatly facilitated as the notchingdevice is normallyv in condition to receive a check. f

A I claim as my invention :f-

l. A` check notching device comprising ya,

support to hold a. pack of checks, a notching tongue spaced from thesupport to receive an edge of a check to be notched, and means operablerelatively to the notching tongue to hold such edge of the checkimmovable relatively to the notching tongue.

2. A check notchingdevice comprising a support provided with means tohold a pack of checks` a n'otchin fV tongue arranged in relatively/fixedspaced relation to a side of said support to receive an edge of a checkbetween it and said support, and means operable to engage a side of thecheck opposite to the side thereof which engagessaid tongue and to grithe check and thus hold it ina relatively xed position against saidtongue.

3. A check notching device comprising a suitable support, a notchingtongue overlying the support'and spaced therefrom to receive an edge ofa check to be notched, and

a gripping device operative relatively to the suitable support, anotching tongue, rigidly spaced from the support for a distancesuiiicient to receive an edge of a check between it and the support, anda gripping deviceoperative through the support to clamp such edge of thecheck between it and the notch-` the support, and a gripping'deviceoperative through the support --to engage and clamp such edge of thecheck between itandl the notching tongue, and having an actuating partexposed formanipulation at a side of,

the support.

6; A notching device comprising ,a platev having a notching tonguespacedfromy one side of the plate to receive anedge ofa check between itand said side ofthe plate, a grippingdevice operative through the plateto engageand clamp ,suchedge of the v check againstthe notching tongue,and an actuating member `for said gripping `device. f

exposed for manipulation at the opposite side of the plate and tendingto retract the thekrnotchinggripping device relativelyk to tongue.

7 A- device vof the character described comprising a base plate providedwith means for holding a'pack of checks at its forward-- side, anotching tongue overlying the front side of the base plate to receivean-edge-,of av check between it and the base plate, a gripi ping deviceoperative through the baseplatel from the rear side of the plate toengage and grip such edge of the check between it and the notchingtongue, and an actuating meinber cooperative with the gripping device f80 and exposed vfor operation at the rear sid of the base plate. y v

In testimony whereof Ifhave hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

Y WALTER C. SCOTT.

Witnesses: y 'f PATRIGKF. MURPHY, Vl'rririir C. SNOW.

